Wagon-seat



(No Model.)

D. I. HEAD.

WAGON SEAT.

No. 398,252. Patented'f'eb. 19, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT 'OEEICE,

DALLAS FRANKLIN HEAD, OF ARCADIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO NATHANIEL IV.WVARREN, OF MOUNT LEBANON, LOUISIANA.

WAGON-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,252, dated February19, 1889. Application filed "ldtlill')? 19, 1888. Serial No. 285,804.(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DALLAs FRANKLIN HEAD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Ar cadia, in the parish of Bienville and State ofLouisiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in lVagon-Seats,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in wagon-seats; and it consistsin the peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will bemore fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

The object of my invention is to provide a wagon-seat with a detachableladder which may be used for assisting females in getting into and outof a wagon, and which shall be extremely cheap and simple, compact, andadapted to form the bottom of the wagon-seat when not in use as a ladderor steps.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of aportion of a wagonbed provided with a seat and ladder or steps embodyingmy improvements, the latter being represented as attached to one side ofthe wagon-bed. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View taken on the line :200c of Fig. 1, and showing the steps or ladder arranged in position toform the bottom of the seat. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of thesteps or ladder. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the hook toconnect the ladder to the side of the wagonbody.

A represents the wagon bed or body, which is of usual construction; andB represents the usual detachable seat, which may be provided withsprings, if preferred; or the springs may be omitted. The lower side ofthe seat comprises a frame having a pair of longitudinal front and rearbars,.C D, and a pair of transverse cleats or bars, E, which. connectthe ends of the said bars. The upper inner corners of the bars andcleats are provided. with grooves F, and thereby a countersunk recess isformed entirely around the inner side of the frame.

G represents a board, the sides and ends of which are adapted to fitsnugly in the countersunk recess F, so as to enable the upper side ofthe board to lie in the same plane with the upper side of the frame. Thesaid board when thus arranged forms the bottom of the seat.- No devicesare employed to fasten'the board in the frame, and hence the said boardis adapted to be very readily detached from the frame for the purpose tobe hereinafter stated.

On the under side of the seat-board, at one end of the same, are secureda pair of side cleats, H, and arranged between the said cleats, atsuitable distances apart and secured to the said cleats and to thebottom board, are a suitable number of steps or rungs I. The cleats Hare broader at their lower ends than at their upper ends, and the stepsor rungs I are gradually reduced in width as they approach the upper endof the board,as shown.

I will now proceed to describe the yoke or hook which I employ forattaching the upper end of the ladder to one side of the wagon body orbed.

'A rod of suitable length and diameter is bent at suitable distancesfrom its center to form substantially U shaped portions L, which arearranged at right angles to the central portion, M. The outer ends ofthe rod are bent inward from the U-shaped portions L to form pivotalinwardly-extending arms, N, which are arranged parallel with the centralor hooked portion, M. The said arms N are pivoted in bearings O on theunder side of the board G at the upper end thereof. hen the board G isarranged in position in the seat-frame, the ladder is under the saidseat, where it is entirely out of the way, and the hook K is folded backon the lower side of the board G, so that no portion thereof projectsbeyond the proximate end of the board, and hence the hook cannot becomeengaged with the lower side of the seat-frame and prevent the board Gfrom bein removed therefrom.

In order to assist a lady into or out of a wagon it will be necessaryfor the driver to remove the board G from the bottom of the seat, turnthe hook K on its pivots so that the central portion of the hook is onthe front side of the seat G, at the upper end thereof, and the saidhook may be then very readily engaged with one side of the wagon-bed, soas to suspend the board G and ladder there from. In order to facilitatethe removal of the board G, the same has near one end an opening, G,through which the fingers may be inserted in order to obtain a grip onthe board.

It is obvious that the seat'board may be arranged directly across thewagon-bed and supported on the sides thereof, thus dispensing entirelywith the seat-frame.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The combination, with thewagon-seat having the bottom frame provided with the countersunk recess1 on its inner side, of the detachable bottom board, G, adapted to fitin said recess and having the cleats H on its lower side, and the stepsor rungs I, secured to said cleats and to the bottom board, said cleatsand steps being gradually reduced in Width toward the upper end of theboard, and the hook or catch secured to the upper end of the board andadapted to engage one side of the wagon-bed, for the purpose set forth,substantially as described.

2. The wagon-seat having the removable bottom board, G, provided on oneside with the rungs or steps, and having the hook pivoted at its upperend adapted to engage one side of the wagon-bed and suspend the boardtherefrom, for the purpose set forth, said hook having the U-shaped endportions, L, the straight central portion, M, and the inwardlyextendingpivotal. arms N, substantially as described.

The combination, with the wagon-seat having the bottom frame providedwith the countersunk recess F on its inner side, of the detachablebottom board, G, adapted to be inserted in the said recess and providedon one side with the steps or rungs I, and the hook K, pivoted to theupper end of the board G, substantially described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

DALLAS FRANKLIN HEAD.

\Vitnesses:

E. C. ROBERSON, U. C. PIPES.

